Flatiron stand



March 30, 1943. WQLCOTT 2,315A74' FLATIRON STAND Filed June 22; 1940 mINVENTOR- F'RAN/r E. W01. cor 'rv Patented Mar. 30, 1943 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE FLATIRON STAND poration of Connecticut Application June22, 1940, Serial No. 341,909

5 Claims.

This invention relates to stands for flat irons and more particularly tosuch stands as are adaptable for use on ironing boards.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a stand having arun-way over which a flat iron may be run on to the stand withoutrequirlng lifting of said iron.

A further object of this invention is to provide a stand having means.at the forward portion thereof, whereby it will rest upon a surface insuch a manner as to guide the flat iron on to the said run-way withoutcausing the said stand to slip.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a stand which isso constructed as to retain an iron thereupon by gravity and in such amanner that said iron cannot accidently slide off the said stand.

Further objects of the invention will be more clearly understood fromthe following descriptions and from the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. l is a plan view of a flat iron stand embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side view thereof, in central vertical section, showing aflat iron in position thereon in dotted line.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the same.

Fig. 4 is a front view, in vertical section, on line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Fig. 5 is a detailed view, on an enlarged scale, showing theconstruction of the feet for supporting the stand.

Fig. 6 is a detailed side view showing the construction for mounting theanti-friction rollers on said stand.

Fig. '7 is a detailed front view of the same.

As illustrated in the drawing, my improved stand comprises a plate 5having an upstanding flange 6 extending along the sides and rear of saidplate for strengthening the same and confining a flat iron thereupon.The said plate is formed to provide an upwardly inclined run-way portionI and a downwardly inclined iron supporting portion 8.

The forward end of the said run-way portion is formed to provide aprojecting point 9 which is adapted to rest upon a supporting surface,indicated by the line 10, to support the forward end of the said rest.provided at the rear of the stand to support the same in spaced relationto the said surface in order to prevent excessive transfer of heat fromthe iron to the surface. The said point 9 and feet H provide athree-point bearing for sup- Supporting feet I! are porting the standupon the surface in such a manner that it will not rock and the saidpoint will tend to imbed itself into the resilient covering of anironing board so as to facilitate sliding of a flat iron on to therun-way 1 without requiring the lifting of said iron.

The plate 5 is bent upwardly in the central portion thereof so as toprovide a high point, as at l2, from which the supporting portion 8 ofsaid plate is inclined downwardly toward the rear thereof. This providesfor an iron that is moved on to said stand to slide rearwardly thereon,by gravity, into engagement with the flange B and thereby retain thesaid iron in the position shown in Fig. 2. In this position, the centerof gravity of the iron is located rearwardly of the high point l2; thuspermitting tipping of the rear portion of the iron downwardly, upon thesupporting portion 8 and the front portion of the iron upwardly to spaceit from the run-way 6.

This feature of spacing the front portion of the iron from the run-way 1provides a particular advantage when my improved stand is used inconnection with steaming irons from which steam is ejected downwardlyfrom the forward portion of the bottom of the iron; my improved standpositioning the iron in such a manner as to prevent obstruction of theflow of steam while the iron is supported thereon.

In order to facilitate the movement of the iron upon the stand, Iprovide a series of rollers 13 which are rotatably mounted by means ofpins M in ears I5 that project downwardly from the plate 5; the saidrollers extending above the surface of the plate so as to support theiron in spaced relation thereto and also aid the same in slidingrearwardly upon the supporting portion 8 and against the retainingflange B at the rear of the stand. The uppermost roller l3-a ispreferably made of sufiicient length to prevent such scratching of thebottom surface of the iron as would be caused by a plurality of shortrolls, and also to support the said iron in a vertical position upon thestand.

As illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawing, the feet H are mounted to adownwardly projecting boss H; on the plate 5 by means of rivets IT. Thebottom of each foot is provided with a recess I8 in which is secured adisk I9, of a suitable resilient material such as rubber, by means ofsaid rivet and in such a manner as to form a peripheral flange on saiddisk which will underlie the foot I! and tend to grip the supportingsurface In to prevent slippage of the stand in upon said surface.

I claim:

1. A fiat iron stand comprising a plate having an upwardly extendingflange along the sides and rear edges thereof, an upwardly inclinedforward portion and a downwardly inclined rear portion.

2. A flat iron stand comprising a plate adapted to rest upon a surface;an intermediate portion of said plate being raised and the end portionsinclining downwardly from said intermediate portion.

3. A stand of the character described comprising a plate having asurface including an upwardly inclined run-way portion, an ironsupporting portion leading downwardly from said run-way portion and aplurality of rollers on the said surface of said stand for facilitatingmoving an iron thereupon; at least one of said rollers means at saidsummit for supporting an iron thereon and permitting tipping of saidiron from one of said portions onto the other.

5. A flat iron stand of the character described comprising a plateformed to provide a run-way,

. a supporting portion inclined downwardly from said run-way and meansproviding a three point support for said plate; one of said points beingprovided by an outward curvature of the leading edge of said run-way.

FRANK E. WOLCOTT.

